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MOORE, THOMAS, ED., THE FLORAL MAGAZINE
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
- The Floral Magazine. London: Lovell Reeve, 1861-71
10 volumes, 8vo (9 1/2 x 6 1/5 in.; 24 x 15.6 cm). 560 hand colored plates by Walter Fitch and others. Spine gilt half brown morocco, some rubbing to joints and extremities, but internally a generally very clean set
Provenance
House of Abercairny (armorial bookplates) Ladislaus von Hoffmann, Christie's New York, June 5, 1997, lot 312
Literature
Great Flower Books, p.84
Catalogue Note
First edition with sumptuous illustrations depicting plants for the English garden and hothouse. Scarce with all volumes.